Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-18
THREE LITTLE BOYS FROM HOME.
A Young Scapegrace and the Tolls
Into Which He Allured His Mates

During the past winter a boy named
Grant has been attending school in Butte.
His father owns a ranch near Phillpsburg.
A few weeks e he propounded a scheme
to Jimmy Phillips, Denny Doyle and Willy
Burton to run away from home and 60
down to Philipsburg, where they could
easily get a job on a ranch herding horses.
The boys took favorably to the idea, and
young Phillips, who is about thirteen years
old, made a break for freedom on his own
account, but was ANONYMOUSLY brought
back. He al making for Philipsburg,
and got as far as Anaconda, when he was
spotted as a ''lost child" by the police
there, as was reported at the time. Moth.
ing daunted BY this failure, he kept one
eye on Philipsburg and watched his
chances. Grant had obtained a horse one
day in some mysterious way. and
left town with it for his
thinking that if Grant had a
horse he ought to furnish some other part
of the outfit. appropriated a saddle from
the Bonner Mercantile Company abou the
end of last month and took it to his ia
theirs house, where he kept it hidden in the
woodshed until opportunity for it's use
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was not missed until a day or two ago,
when the police found it's locality. Phillips
had an inkling Of the discovery of the loss,
and took immediate steps to put himself
out of harms way by making a second at
tempt to reach Grant at Philipsburg. This
time he induced Denny Doyle, aged II. and
Willie Burton, aged 9, to accompany him,
and on Thursday the three boarded the
cars and reached Stuart, where they got
off and walked into Anaconda. That night
they slept on a sidewalk and were
.next day ARRESTED by the po-
lice as runaways. Deputy Sherin
w. W. Tierney telegraphed up to Sheriff
Lloyd that he had three boys who had evil
IDENTIFY deserted from home, and the Sheriff.
who was apprised Of the Bonner Company
loss and the discovery of "a saddle in a de-
faced condition at young Philli ps' home,
sent word back to hold them. A warrant
charging the Phillips boy with petty lar
ceny wal sworn out by J. T. Carter, OF the
Bonner Company, and yesterday the Sher-
if went down to Anaconda. brought the
runaways back and placed them in jail.
There they were seen by a reporter about
9 O'Clock. Young Phillips, vino is a bright
looking lad, slightly built and sandy
haired, came readily up to the bars when
called. and told his story with engaging
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Grant got the horse from a man
on Wyoming street one day about a
month ago. He could give no rea-
son why the man gave it to him
but stuck stoutly to the asseveration.
Asked what be and the two others ran
away for, he said they all wanted to make
a living for themselves by herding horses
on a ranch. The two others are mere in
fants, and old the same story. Grant
had told them that he would get them all
situations down on ranches near his IA
theirs, and they believed him. and were goiug
there when stopped at Anaconda on the
charge of having stolen a horse. Doyle
and Burton cried ali the a. back to
Butte, but Phillips was as cool and neon
cerned as though it was all Al excursion.
The authorities here think that Grant vas
the leader of the exploit, and are making
preparations to corral that young gentle
man, when the true inwardness of the bust
ness may leak out. No horse had been re-
ported stolen, and it is not known whose
animal young Grant made away with.
Meanwhile the children-ior such they are
will experience the hospitality of the
Sheriff. The Doyle and Burton boys will
likely be liberated to-day, as there is moth
ing against them.